St Louis Regional Public Media Inc

Community engagement and education:to increase third grade literacy, increase school readiness, and increase the ways in which caring adults can help - all goals that are aligned with the goals and strategy of our early learning partners across the region. Nine pbs's early learning initiative uses a "highest need for highest impact" lens to support underserved communities and eliminate barriers in our region. In 2024, we worked toward these goals through the following activities: professional development for educators, annual edcamp conference, teaching in room 9 on-air and digital classroom, ready to learn and nine pbs power hour facilitated learning sessions, drawn in multi-platform literacy initiative, pbs learningmedia curriculum resources, and bright by text messaging resource. In addition, we continued the second year of our mental well-being initiative, including community convenings, curated resources, and informational content shared on-air and online.

Production:to share stories of the people, places, organizations, and solutions helping our community flourish across our many platforms - online, on-air, and in the community. Our flagship content series "living st. Louis" highlights diverse topics including arts, environment, health, community, and history. "donnybrook," airing consistently since 1987, provides a forum for five st. Louis journalists to discuss key local issues in public policy, education, transportation, and more. Our newest program, "listen, st. Louis," is a podcast and digital series where host carol daniel interviews local people and organizations to provide context and clarity about issues affecting the st. Louis community. We've also created special content commemorating the 10-year anniversary of ferguson, examining the mental well-being of caregivers and children, and amplifying unheard voices in our community.

Public information:to inform viewers of scheduled programs and services and to supply information about nine pbs activities and impact on the communities it serves, the station publishes and distributes an award-winning program guide to over 45,000 members and other constituents. The program guide also features articles about programs and other events and initiatives of nine pbs. The station has a robust website that provides program information, video streaming of programs, and links to other websites which serve to connect the community with each other and provide information about other community services and resources.